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Thanks Michael. Very happy you tested negative and are on the mend.

It would be very ironic if the Magats lost due to their numbers dwindling from Covid deaths. I think it's actually worse than not believing in science. They believe in non-science-based bullshat fed to them and those silly Conway-driven alternative facts. When Greene says that everything she said was the truth, that said it all. Like that image, I hope all the drivers do follow the lies off the cliff and into obsolescence. Dems have to VOTE strong and heavy.

Keep punching Michael! We need you.

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Thanks Michael for this one! It was great! Glad you are feeling better and I appreciate your more positive take on things lately. The Tsunami of Truths help me to believe we can prevail.

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Mike, so glad you’re on the road to full recovery! Thank you so much for your wisdom and fierce advocacy. You’re a rock star!

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Great bucket list, count me in. (Hope you make it to Sheridan, WY)

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SOOOOOO glad you're over it. Your Midterm Tsunami emails have given much hope to so many of us this upcoming election and instilled in us a sense of majority and strength in numbers - which is rarely spoken of by the media. I just LOVE your plain-spoken wisdom and you are high on the list of my heroes!

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Like the others you have written, this tsunami truth is so accurate, so well articulated, and so hopeful in these dark times. I subscribe and I happily pass along so many of your great truths to others to encourage them to read what you have written and hopefully to subscribe. And you are a true leader even though you hold no political position, no dean of something or other, no CEO title, etc. 

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I wake up every morning hoping that a tsunami truth will be posted! Thanks for keeping us sane Michael!

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LOL. Really. Your image of the Trumplicans in work release repairing the Flint water system makes a fine distinction between the aspiration of dream and the pleasant but insubstantial nature of fantasy. Sure, a cold-eyed view of politics today might peremptorily consign the idea to the realm of fantasy, but that is not to say the unblinkered don't know in their heart of hearts that it is just and fitting that they be held accountable - and with just as serious consequences. Why NOT demand such a positive contribution to society from these destructive individuals? Democracy loving citizens, why not?

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Michael,

I’m happy to hear you’re feeling better! I love your idea of having the 147 Senators and members of Congress who betrayed us on Jan 6th get convicted and sent to a work release camp in your home town of Flint, Michigan. Put them to work fixing the serious water problem. My heart hurts knowing that children have irreversible medical issues from drinking poisoned water. I watched a documentary about it and was appalled watching those babies who were left with brain damage. It’s gone on ridiculously long and must be resolved! My heart hurts knowing that people can’t get the basic need of safe drinking water.

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I was glad to see you looking so good on Bill Maher. Did you have Covid then? Your writings are the only positive opinions I see these days as we approach the midterms. I’m trying to do my part to make the tsunami happen!

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Thank you. That was great. Glad you are well again. We need you so bad.

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Great news about your negative test and your tank is filling up again. Getting my 4th booster tomorrow. I have relatives and friends who have not gotten vaccinated for different reasons and some only got 1 vaccine. I just don't get it. I guess they think they know more than the experts/scientists who have spent years studying and researching medicine.

Keep up the good fight and stay in good trouble.

Here's to good health!

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Happy to hear your well on your way to good health again, Mike. Legitimate science is meant to change and improve as technology and researchers use tools that not only back facts but use them as building blocks to make constant improvements to our standard of living, ecological standards and plotting courses to correct damage we’ve done to ourselves and our planet.

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Why are you surprised at people's gullibility? There is NO PROOF that Jesus existed. The entire story was just copied from the Egyptians who told it 2000 years before christ. All the ancient religions had a similar stories and 12 was their magic number because of the zodiac. These were ignorant and primitive people and from them the Catholic Church built a power base to rape and rob. Right now there is one thing that everyone agrees: FAT ACCEPTANCE. You recovered easily because of science and your changed your body. We will have to wait until a plane crashes from overweight before anyone else follows what you did to help your own body.

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Like many of my friends, I do not read any of the NYTimes articles about the election. They seem to have decided that the GOP will take over, and why even bother to vote? Every day a new article proving why we will lose. No headlines about what has been accomplished by the Democrats, no discussion about the gains in Unions, the hearing aids, the insulin and other drug costs, the infrastructure bill. The inflation rampant globally. The profiteering by corporations using inflation as a cover. The calculation by OPEC that raising oil prices will cause chaos in the midterms, because they understand the American electorate, the ones who vote single issue. The promises by the GOP to obstruct and try and roll back legislation, including even Social Security and healthcare. I am so sick of the midterms reporting and when I mention to friends they agree, it ruins their day if they read the Times election headlines.

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Oh, how I love your optimism! It is contagious, Michael. Makes me feel hope…until I read reports of millions of people planning to vote for Hershel Walker, Marjorie Taylor Green, Kari Lake and a large pile of election-denying whack jobs across the country. The possibility of Kevin McCarthy becoming Speaker is beyond frightening, yet it may happen. Trump continues to walk free, despite stealing top secret documents — and getting caught red-handed! — to say nothing of him planning and leading an insurrection. Sadly, believing in science may not be enough. I desperately hope you are right and that I am wrong.

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